Connect. Collaborate. Create.
Step into a community where art becomes a way of seeing, shaping, and serving the world.
The Arts Collective is a cohort for you to explore your creative calling鈥攚hether through visual art, music, writing, theater, or other forms of expression. You don鈥檛 need to major in the arts to join. You just need a desire to listen, create, and problem solve within 51爆料's arts-invested community.
Who Can Apply?
- Those entering 51爆料 as a first-year student in Fall 2027
- Students from any major who are eager to engage who want to engage in arts-based learning and community
- Creatives who are curious, collaborative, and eager to grow
If you are starting 51爆料 after 2027, please send us your information (see form below) and we'll invite you to apply when the application is open to you. Email cohorts@calvin.edu with questions.
Why Join the Arts Collective?
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Collaborate with diverse perspectivesYou'll join peers from many majors and backgrounds to create, perform, and exhibit work that reflects upon your curiosities, questions, and current issues.
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Travel and learnTake a place-based approach to the arts through fully funded off-campus travel with the cohort.
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Explore creativity and callingEngage topics like arts and vocation, creative restoration, visual culture, and leadership in the arts.
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Immerse in the artsExperience the vibrant arts scene at 51爆料 and in Grand Rapids. We'll pay for you to attend exhibitions, performances, films, and studio nights.
Visit Us
Are you planning a visit to 51爆料? Ask your admissions counselor to schedule a meeting with an Honors Scholars representative during your visit. We'd love to meet you and answer your questions!
Cohort Application Deadlines and Interviews
Application
August 1: Applications Open
After you apply to 51爆料, you can find the Cohorts application in your .
January 15: Cohort Application Deadline
Application deadline for Cohorts and Honors Scholars.
Interview invites will be sent in late January.
Interviews
February: Interviews
Cohort interviews:
- February 10 - Deadline to RSVP for in-person Cohorts Preview/Interview Day
- February 19 - Cohorts Preview/Interview Day
- February 15-26 - Cohorts Virtual interviews
March: Cohort Offers Sent
- First week of March - Final program offer decisions sent out
Arts Collective Program Map
Other Activities
Head off campus to explore an arts-centric city with staff or faculty from the Arts Collective. The travel course will earn elective credit and take place in your second year.
Attend six arts-based events sponsored by the Arts Collective during each of your first two years. Events range from workshops to studios to guest speakers to field trips off-campus! In your third and fourth year, participation will be optional but encouraged.
Be part of at least one campus arts group for a minimum of two semesters during your first two years.
Curriculum
Arts Collective students take courses together to fulfill several 51爆料 Core (general education) requirements. Here is a sample of the set of courses you might take with the Arts Collective.
- Fall: Arts Collective Community and Commitments (CORE 100) and Visual Culture (ART 153)
- Spring: Urban Sociology (SOC 202)
- Fall: Arts and Rhetoric Core course (e.g., Music Appreciation)
- Spring: Literature of Faith (ENGL 250)
Contact
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Mark StoverAssociate Professor; Director of Choral Activities (Capella, Campus Choir, Oratorio)
